Thu.Jan 05, 2012

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21st-century leaders make 19th-century mistake

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Value Creation Workplace Issues Your corporate culture is your soil. It’s where your employees grow or wither. Are you cultivating it? Or are you washing it away in your quest to maximize this year’s profits?

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Ten Resolutions That Will Improve Your Presentations This Year

Next Level Blog

A senior executive friend of mine spends a lot of time listening to presentations. A few weeks ago, he sent me an email from a two day conference he was attending. After 10 or 12 hours of bad presentations, he began to take out his frustration by using his iPad to write a set of rules for presenters. He then. Click headline to continue.

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3 key concepts for successful goal setting as a leader

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Today’s SmartBlog for Leadership post is written by Guy Harris, a master trainer and coach with the Kevin Eikenberry Group. Read about his three concepts to remember as you set goals with others so that you create motivation rather than despair.

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“The Outsiders” by Need To Breathe – Servant Leadership Inspiration

Modern Servant Leader

I know your frustration. I feel your pain. Sitting there, hearing some self-absorbed , toxic leader drone on about one bad practice after another. Yet, you know there is a better way. I’m here to tell you, you’re not alone and I have some theme music to inspire you – “The Outsiders” by Need to Breathe. The Outsiders by Need to Breathe (Acoustic).

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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5 Costly Website Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Women on Business

Your website can be a powerful tool for marketing you and your business. It gives you a platform to reach your audience, to connect with your ideal clients, and to show them how you can help them. Whether you have a local or an international business, a website can definitely boost your sales! You can’t just throw up a website and hope for the best, though.

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2012 – Essential Tips For The Year Ahead.

Rich Gee Group

Everyone is afraid of 2012.

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“Getting in front of it” with energy leadership – 3 places to look

Anese Cavanaugh

How’s your New Year coming along so far? Day 5 and I’ve been super aware, perhaps more now than ever, of how much power we have to support ourselves and set the tone of our lives by “getting in front of it” with energy leadership. Three quick places to look (btw, whichever one “perks” you the most is likely the one that wants attention): 1.

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Jim Collins, Meet Michael Porter

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joan Magretta for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * I’ve just finished reading Jim Collins’ latest book, Great By [.].

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Asking Questions with APPLE

CO2

Asking questions is critical to great leadership. Remembering to ask questions can be difficult for new leaders. If you are struggling with asking questions, try this acronym, APPLE ! A sk the right question. Right questions are open-ended and encouraging. They help others imagine new solutions. P ause after you ask the question. Accept silence, even if it’s uncomfortable.

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When You Hit Reply in e-Mail: Interesting Results

First Friday Book Synopsis

I thought the article by Jonah Lehrer in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Why You Didn’t Hit Reply: Online, Friends Still Get Premium Treatment“ (December 10-11, 2011, p. C32) was very interesting. You can read the entire article by clicking here. He says, “an easy way to see how you feel about a person: How [.].

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Passion and Level of Effort - The Magic Ingredient

Building Personal Strength

Men's NCAA basketball - On January 4, 2012, Duke (ranked 3rd in current ESPN poll) was beaten by unranked Temple 73-78. Big deal. Top-ranked teams get upset all the time.Well, it was certainly a big deal for the Temple fans, who stormed the floor after the game. But it's interesting to appreciate why this happened, why a team with less talent can take control, lead the entire game and beat a team like Duke , most of whose players go on to play professionally.

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Roger Ebert’s “20 Movies of the Year” for 2011

First Friday Book Synopsis

With just days to go until the end of 2011 (Where did the year go???), legendary film critic Roger Ebert has announced his top 20 movies of the year. Just as you’d expect from Ebert, his list runs the gamut from mainstream blockbusters to more obscure foreign or arthouse projects — with enough in the [.].

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How to Revive a “Dead” Online Community

Managing Communities

photo credit: ornello_pics Josh Barraza asked if I would talk about how you can revive a “dead” online community. That’s a great suggestion. Before we talk about the how, there are a couple of simple truths that we need to keep in mind. The definition of “dead” will vary by person, by community and by [.].

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Peter Bregman on “How to Really Listen”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Listening is harder than speaking. Even the best listeners sometimes have to bite their tongues to stop from reacting, interrupting, or trying to console the person talking. [.].

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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London and the South East do the most unpaid work

Chartered Management Institute

New figures released by the TUC have revealed that UK workers did nearly two billion hours (1,968 million hours) of unpaid overtime last year, worth £29.2bn to the UK economy.

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The Capitalist Philosophers: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick Winslow Taylor, Mary Parker Follett, Chester Barnard, Fritz [.].

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The 8 D’s of Good Leadership

Ron Edmondson

In school, you may not have been too happy with the grade of D. There was that one time in a college marketing class when I was proud of an earned D (that’s a long story), but most of the time, we want to do better. Maybe we’ve given D a bad name sometimes…especially when it comes to leadership. Here are 8 D’s of good leadership: Demand – There should be some non-negotiables when we talk in terms of good leadership.

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Your MBA Game Plan: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools, Third Edition Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum Career Press (2012) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can earn an MBA from a top business school or you can’t, you’re probably right.” This review is of the Third Edition of [.].

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Our blog posts on ecademy

Rapid BI

And now the authorities of 2012 are trying to control… Social media… its banned for “games makers” according to the BBC What is wrong with these people?Do they not understand the impact that social media can have both on morale and additional promotion of the games. One can understand not talking about famous people, or [.].

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Unwrap Love

Ron Edmondson

This is my Christmas Eve message. It’s only 16 minutes long…and it’s Christmas…but you may still need to unwrap the gift of Christmas love! Love from Gcomchurch Sermons on Vimeo. Related posts: Unwrap Christmas – Gift of Love. Unwrap Christmas – Gift of Joy. Unwrap Christmas – Gift of Peace.

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When was the last time you said "thank you"?

My Own Coach

'When was the last time you said " thank you " and showed your appreciation for work that has been carried out by members of your team? We all know that recognition and appreciation are way up there as key motivational drivers for everyone, yet we often fall short of recognising people for what they have done and achieved. Some say that people are paid to do their work, so surely that is recognition enough!

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Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa

Harvard Business Review

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. These technologies improve productivity and facilitate better living standards when they penetrate into societies. Among them, information technology (IT) has become the most dominant; IT has revolutionized almost every aspect of our lives, public and private, by connecting individuals, ins

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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How to Play to Win Rather than not to Lose

Leadership Freak

** Playing to win trumps playing not to lose, always. Start worrying when sports teams play to protect their lead rather than build it. Athletic play declines and scores erode when play degenerate into protecting the score. Playing not to lose is playing it safe. Tragically, protecting current positions is standard operating procedure (SOP) for [.].

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Who Should You Be Thanking?

Harvard Business Review

For good executives, it's second nature to show appreciation toward clients and staff. But often, we overlook less obvious people who have made a difference in our professional lives. The other day, I was talking with a client about his growth plans for 2012 — which, he knew, would depend heavily on word-of-mouth. He wanted to strategize about cultivating new referral sources — but in the process, I realized a major chunk of his existing business was the result of one woman.

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The Genius Bar — Branding the Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The Genius Bar is a place dedicated to providing technical support within Apple stores to customer having problems with the product or application. In large part because it is branded, the Genius Bar is a lynchpin of the most successful retail concept of recent times and a builder of the Apple brand and relationship. The Apple store's financial performance and impact on the Apple brand is amazing.

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Mass Media's New Engagement Measures

Harvard Business Review

A few months back, Coca-Cola's Joe Tripodi (Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer) wrote an HBR post on his company's evolving shift from consumer impressions to expressions: defined as any level of audience engagement with Coca-Cola's brand content. Joe argued that social network-fueled consumer brand advocacy will take businesses "to the next level.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Building Effective Teams in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Daniel Lewis*, an investor at a Venezuelan equity firm, was in charge of acquiring two textile mills in South America. One was in Maracay, Venezuela and the other in Colonia, Uruguay. The Uruguayan mill's higher productivity persuaded Daniel to invite 40 Uruguayan workers to move with their families to Maracay, to improve output there. The initiative did not work out as expected.

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How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

Harvard Business Review

An interview with Peter Bregman , author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done. For more, see his blog on hbr.org. Download this podcast.

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The Power of Pause

Harvard Business Review

I don't know a single executive who likes to be described as tactical, short-term oriented or as somebody who gets unnecessarily "in the weeds." And yet, so many solid executives present, occasionally, all these behaviors, even when the situation doesn't call for them. Why do people who have the potential and ability to think strategically, empower others and prioritize issues seemingly choose to micromanage — to act in a way that's myopically short-termed and dive into every problem throw

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Are Kodak's Outside Directors Wrong to Desert a Sinking Ship?

Harvard Business Review

The recent news that struggling imaging company Eastman Kodak lost three outside directors in a single week prompted me to consider the extent to which non-executive directors flee their companies in times of trouble and why. Evidence that this is not an uncommon phenomenon and that many directors depart for flimsy reasons — such as an increasing board workload — suggest that measures are required to ensure these stewards remain committed to their firms in good times and bad.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.